4 held for illegal sale of black fungus drug

Hyderabad: Sleuths of the commissioner’s north zone task force apprehended four persons under

Kachiguda

police station limits for illegal procurement and sale of Amphotericin B liposome injections. The accused for selling each vial of the drug, used for treatment of black fungal infection, at Rs 50,000. The MRP for the drug is around Rs 8,000. The accused — Narimalla Yadaiah, Peddoch Satish, Kakkirala Sai Kumar, Buddareddygari Rajashekar Reddy — are all involved in pharmacy business. TNN